Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-05-20
Household Hints.


mois skin, saturated with silver soap,
each time after use, thus avoiding a
general cleaning.
Windows should never be washed
while the sun shines upon them, as it
is impossible to polish them without
leaving blue streaks.
Preserving jars should be stood on
their heads for at least an hour after
sealing, when the liquor will escape if
the jar contains air.
In ventilating room, open the win
dow at top and bottom. The fresh
air rushes in one way while the foul
air makes its exit the other; thus you
let in friend and expel an enemy.
Lace may be washed by winding it
around bottles or sewing it on muslin
and boiling it in soft water with white
CASTLE soap. 1t should be washed in
soft water after removing it from the
suds.
A damp cloth enveloping the broom
head will be found desirable in remov-
ing the dust from carpet in a room
where there may be many small arti-
cles to catch the dirt raised by an ordi-
nary sweeping.
To clean kid gloves, rub them with
very slightly dampened crumbs Of
bread. Or scrape French chalk upon
them while on the hands, and wash
them in a basin containing diluted
spirits Of ammonia. Some gloves can
be cleaned with milk, with rice pulp or
with turpentine.
If the feet are tender or painful af-
ter long walking or standing, great re-
lief can be had by bathing them in
salt and water. A handful of salt to
gallon of water is the right proper
ton. Have the water as hot as can
comfortably be borne. Immerse the
feet and throw the water over the legs
as far as the knees with the hands.
When the water becomes too cool, rub
briskly with q fresh towel. This
method, if used night and morning,
will cure neuralgia of the feet.
To prevent the juice of pies soaking
into the under crust, beat the white of
an egg and brush the crust with it.
If the oven is too hot when baking,
place a small dish of cold water in it.
Well-ventilated bedrooms will prevent
morning headaches and lassitude.
Powdered rice, sprinkled upon lint and
applied to fresh wounds, will stop
bleeding. A tallow candle or piece of
tallow wrapped in tissue paper and
laid among furs or other garments will
prevent the ravages of moths.
Soda will clean tarnished tin. Vine
gar and salt will clean copper. Butter
is the best polish to put into starch.
Baking soda put on a burn will take
out the heat. A heated knife will cut
hot bread without making it soggy.
Oil of cedar is sure death to vermin
which infest chambers. Toilet sets
and all chamber articles should be
cleaned in cold water. White lead
will cement broken crockery, a ten
cent bottle lasting for years. A small
paint brush should be used in cracks
and crevices while busting a room.
A simple way of loosening rusted
screw is to apply heat to the head OF
it. When the burners of lamps be-
come clogged with char, boil them in
strong soapsuds. By using soda wa
ter as wash you can clean ceilings
that have been smoked by a kerosene
lamp. If you drop SCOT on the carpet
cover thick with salt, and it may be
swept up without blackening the car
pet. A few oyster shells mixed with
coal used for a furnace or large stove
will prevent the accumulation OF clink-
ers. To clean brass bird cages, use a
tablespoonful of salt and a tcacupful
of vinegar, beat and apply with a piece
of flannel and rub till dry.
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